ABOUT JAZZ IN JULY: Jazz in July is a multi-generational jazz improvisation program with an impressive 30-year history. It is a concentrated two-week program (this year happening July 8-19, 2013), where students both vocal and instrumental musicians study jazz improvisation with some of the nation’s best jazz educators and artists. Some of our alumni, renown jazz singer Nnenna Freelon, Christian Sands (pianist), and Evan Sherman (drums) are all forging creative paths in the industry and credit their success to Jazz in July.